SUDDENLY TV: A Screening and Talk with the Filmmaker Roopa Gogineni

Roopa Gogineni is a filmmaker and photographer based in Paris. For a decade she lived in Nairobi where she developed a collaborative practice, working alongside communities of resistance across the region.

Her films, described as intimate and urgent, have premiered at festivals including IDFA, SXSW, Hot Docs, and Sheffield Doc/Fest. I AM BISHA, chronicling a satirical puppet show in rebel-held Sudan, received the Oscar-qualifying Full Frame Award for Best Short and a Rory Peck Award. SUDDENLY TV, her latest film about magical thinking and revolution, was nominated for the IDA Awards and earned jury prizes at SXSW, IndieLisboa, and Kasseler Dokfest.